"We have to save her." I told them, breaking the silence that had been created by reading the note. "We're not letting Macavity keep Victoria!" I said, my voice louder.

Munkustrap was the first to snap out of his shock. "Of course we're not going to let Macavity get away with this!" He said to me, looking me in the eyes. "We will rescue her." Munkus paused, and seemed to collect his thoughts. "I'm going to talk to my father, tell him what happened. After that, we'll make up a plan. But first..." He glanced over at Cassandra. "Go tell everyone to return to their dens. I don't want a stray kitten to fall into Macavity's paws." She nodded, and ran off. He looked back at the rest of us. "Alonzo, Twins, you come with me. And Misto, go to you're den too."

I was already shaking my head. "Victoria's MY mate, and I'm going to help save her! I am NOT a kitten!" I was annoyed by the fact that Munkus didn't believe that I could help.

"No, it's not that..." Munkus started to say, but he stopped himself. "I don't think Macavity's after Victoria..." He trailed off, and then shook his head. "Actually, you're right, you should be near us." He started to walk away before I was able to question him. When we arrived at Old Deuteronomy's den, Munkustrap stomped his paw against the ground to show that we were there. We heard a voice say enter, and we did.

I'm just going to say, Old D's den is GIANT! He has room in there for two families to live comfortably, maybe three if they were a little squished. He has what seems to be the softest pillows and blankets I've ever seen, and quite of few of shiny things that I thought about asking Mungo and Teazer to steal. Through I do digress form the real topic.

Munkustrap slowly pawed over to his dad, mumbling something. Old Deuteronomy raised his eyebrows, clearly not hearing him. Munkustrap cleared his throat. "Macavity has kidnapped Victoria."

Deuteronomy shook his head. "I've always thought you had no humour, Munkus. Now you prove me wrong." He laughed, but suddenly stopped when he saw our faces. "You're not kidding, are you?"

Munkustrap slowly shook his head. "We only just found out. They was a note saying that if we want her, we are to come get her."

Old Deuteronomy paced around the den. "Why would he take her? She isn't anything special. In a hostage situation, that is." He added hurriedly to me.

"I don't think he's after her-" Munkustrap started to say again, but he got cut off by Deuteronomy.

"You know, it doesn't matter why he did it, all that does matter is that we save the innocent. How are you going to get into his headquarters?"

"What? Father, the 'why' in this situration does matter. It will help us figure out how to rescue Victoria!" Munkus argued.

"Nonsense. We just need some of you to break in, find the girl, and get out. It's rather easy!" Old Deuteronomy looked around at the rest of us, standing awkwardly near the front of the den. "Mistoffelees, you could get his group inside, right?"

"No.. I mean, it would take too much power... and I have no idea where to send them. I don't want to magic them into a wall!" I stammered.

"But you didn't know where I was last year, did you?" He countered.

"No, but that was a matter of switching bodies. I was able to but a tracking spell on Cassandra, which allowed me to bring her back after. To be completly truthful, I wasn't even sure than if it would work!" I told him, trying to not enter the long, complicated conversation about how my magic worked. I don't truly understand myself.

Alonzo glared at me. "You sent my mate to Macavity without a sure way to get her back?" I shook my head hurridly. "If I was able to bring Old Deuteronomy back, I was pretty sure I could do the rest too." I did not want Alonzo as an enemy.

Cori and Tanto spoke up for the first time. "Macavity did something to our powers. We can't sense Victoria anymore."

Old D almost rolled his eyes. "Fine! I'm going to make an executive decision. We're just going to have to do this the hard way. Munkustrap and Mistoffelees are going to break into Macavity's lair. If they get noticed, Misto here will be able to get them out. It's going to be easy. Macavity probably believes we're going to just do what he wants us to do. We're going to steal the game from under his nose."

Let's just say no one was happy with this plan.

"We can't just take five seconds to come up with a plan and say it's easy-"

"Why aren't I going? I'm more skilled at this kind of thing-"

"I don't have enough power to do what you think I can-"

"We can't see this as a good idea..."

"QUIET!" We all stooped protesting, seeing it was fruitless. "I'm your leader; you will do what I say! If I say this is the plan, then it is! You guys are thinking too much on this! Now, you two have an hour to prepare, then I expect you to go rescue that poor girl." He stared at us for a moment. "What are you waiting for? Go!"

We walked out of the den quickly. I glanced at Munkustrap, who seemed very nervous. Which is never a good thing to see on your Protector's face.

I didn't feel well myself. I knew I wasn't as good as Old Deuteronomy thought I was. I wasn't going to be able to break into Macavity's headquarters.

I wasn't going to be able to save Victoria.